November 11, 2017

87th Tribal Art Auction

Non-European art from international private collections: Gabun masks and memorabilia from the Albert Schweitzer collection coming from the Emmy Martin estate. The second part of the Heinz Kolerski collection (1936-2012). Small figures and fetishes from the african collection of the german artist Günther Filla (1952-2015). Heddle pulleys coming from the collection Mona Etienne (ethnologist in the 1960s/70s). Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.

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Highlights

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Lot 7: Male ancestor figure "adu zatua", around 1900
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Lot 18: Shield
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Lot 25: Suspension hook
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Lot 40: Club "patu"
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Lot 46: Mask
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Lot 47: Small head sculpture, ~ 200 - 800 AD
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Lot 48: Winged object, ~ 200 - 500 AD
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Lot 50: Idol, 18th century or earlier
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Lot 52: Gut scraper, ~ 500 - 900 AD
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Lot 105: Standing figure "mvunzi"
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Lot 127: Plank mask "nwantantay"
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Lot 139: Beautiful figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 148: Figurally carved staff
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Lot 154: Speaker's staff "okyeame poma"
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Lot 205: Standing figure
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Lot 212: Mask "ntomo"
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Lot 220: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
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Lot 226: Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic buffalo head
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Lot 232: Rare elephant mask "sama", before 1914
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Lot 236: Female maks "kpan"
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Lot 239: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 245: Maternité of the "Agba workshop", around 1920
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Lot 246: Anthropomorphic bowl-bearing monkey figure "amuin" or "amuin ba"
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Lot 253: Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
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Lot 258: Beautiful female mask "gu", before 1910
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Lot 264: Fragment of a male figure
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Lot 285: Impressive "bochio kpodohonme"
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Lot 336: Rare form of a beaded dance crest
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Lot 342: Portrait bust of Albert Schweitzer, after 1951
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Lot 345: Female face mask "okuyi"
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Lot 346: Anthropomorphic face mask "okuyi"
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Lot 349: Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 369: Power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 370: Power figure "nkisi nduda"
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Lot 383: Fly whisk handle ?
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Lot 400: Cup in shape of a standing male figure
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Lot 415: Anthropomorphic figure "iginga"
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Lot 416: Janus figure "katanda"
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Lot 432: Staff of office "kibango"
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Lot 433: Mask
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Lot 460: Janus power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 461: Small power half figure "nkisi"
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Lot 476: Standing male power figure "biteki"
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Lot 485: Maternité "phemba"

87th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 153 : Sword
Ghana, Ashanti
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 154 : Speaker's staff "okyeame poma"
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 155 : Hen
Ghana, Ashanti
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 156 : Seated figure
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels (1988) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 157 : Seated figure
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 158 : Ritual object
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 159 : Janus head, ~ 16th century
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December 1991, lot 229 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 160 : Three anthropomorphic sculptures
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
a) René David, Zurich, Switzerland a-c) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 161 : Three head sculptures
Ghana, Koma-Builsa/Komaland
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 162 : Staff finial
Benin, Fon
Bruno Dietrichs, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 February 2002, lot 234 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 163 : Currency
Nigeria, Angas/Afo
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany (2005) Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 164 : Currency
Nigeria, Jukun/Fulani
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 165 : Headdress
Nigeria, Urhobo
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 192 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 166 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 167 : Pair of female twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 168 : Couple of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 169 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 267 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 170 : Beaded coat of a twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 12 May 2007, lot 315 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 171 : Oracle board "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
collected in situ (1956-1958) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 172 : Tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 232 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 360
Lot 173 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 301 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 174 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta
Old French Collection Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 175 : House of the head "ile ori"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ketterer, Munich, 8 April 1989, lot 164 Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 176 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 177 : Currency
Gabon, Kwele
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 178 : Dance dress for women "ntshak"
D. R. Congo, Kuba/Ngeende
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 179 : Bark painting "morumba" or "pongo"
D. R. Congo, Ituri
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 180 : Two large baskets with lid "agaseke"
Rwanda, Tutsi
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 181 : Sword
North Africa, Tuareg
Norwood Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 182 : Neckrest
Sudan, Dinka
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 600
Lot 183 : Mask "geh naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 12 December 1987, lot 59
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Helmet mask "gbetu"
Liberia, Gola
Paul Descamps, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 185 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowel" of the "sande" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany German Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 186 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowel" of the "sande" society
Sierra Leone, Mende
Afrika 5, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 187 : Big heddle pulley
Sierra Leone, Mende
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1970)
not available anymore
Lot 188 : Hammock bar, ca 1890/1900
Sierra Leone, Mende
Old British Collection
not available anymore
Lot 189 : Body mask of "poro" society for boys
Guinea, Koranko
Bohumil Theophile Holas, Abidjan/Zurich, Nigeria/Switzerland Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 190 : Anthropo-/zoomorphic mask
Guinea, Toma
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Miniature mask
Guinea, Toma
American Private Collection, New York
sold EUR 800
Lot 192 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 193 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Matthias L. J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 194 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 22
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 195 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 196 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 800
Lot 197 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Door lock
Mali, Bamana
Gaston Sully, Officer of the French Navy, collected in situ (~1935 -1940)
sold EUR 500
Lot 199 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
Nils von der Heyde, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 200 : Rams head for puppet theatre "sogo bò"
Mali, Bozo
Stefan Herzog, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 201 : Dog sculpture
Mali, Dogon
collected in situ (1960) French Industrial Collection
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 203 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Joan Oestreich Kend (died April 2016), New York, USA Mrs. Kends parents, Charles and Sophy Oestreich, began collecting art in the early 1950s. Their collection reflects a generations-long affinity for carefully curating beautiful works of art, including Impressionist and Modern Art, Chinese Works of Art, and Americana. Joan not only inherited works from her parents exquisite collection, she also inherited their passion for collecting and their appreciation for art in a variety of forms.
sold EUR 2,000